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0CITY:OF STOCKTON 00a 4 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ti :�:17Y'}-TALL . 425 N. S-,PE=- 937-8266 STOCK 70N. C.J--52=1,JS7 May 4, 1998 MAY 4 1998 E Communit, nevelopment Debt. { Tom Gau, Senior Civil Engineer San Joaquin County Community Development Department 1810 East Hazelton Avenue Stockton, CA 95205 STOCKTON METROPOLITAN AIRPORT PROJECT ©RAPT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (©EIR) The City of Stockton would like to thank you for the opportunity to review the Draft EIR for the Stockton Metropolitan Airport Project. The City has some major concerns about this EIR, especially in light of the fact that the City of Stockton will be utilizing this document for the ` environmental review of its General Plan amendment. I � 1. (Page 3-9) The number and location of acres in the General Plan amendment need to be identified here and in the appropriate portions of this document. It needs to be clear that the General Plan designation for the sports park will remain Parks and Recreation; as a +� corollary to this, the County should not change its designation as there is no reason to do so and Would open up the possibility of other uses than a sports complex on that property. Also a`map of the City's General Plan for this area, including identification of the area proposed for a General Plan amendment, needs to be included. l 2. (Page 4-5) With development of the 38 acre expansion area, the airport operation will move closer to the existing regional sports complex. Although the impact of the airport on the sports complex may not be considered significant, it would be desirable to create some kind of landscaped/tree visual buffer between the terminal expansion area and the sports complex. This area could provide an opportunity for mass oak tree planting to address the loss of oak trees. Furthermore, with such an expanse of pavement proposed, the developer may want to consider installing PVC sleeving under the paving to connect the open space areas. PVC pipe is very inexpensive and existing sleeving may encourage p., future landscaping and may simplify future lighting concerns. etc. • 3. As a general comment, the utility related sections (water, storm, and sanitary) are substantially deficient and contain many inaccurate statements. Several of the issues Fq raised ;;by the Municipal Utilities Department (MUD) in comments to the Notice of t Preparation for this EIR have not been addressed or have been addressed insufficiently (a copy of these comments are attached). More specifically, MUD staff has made the following comments; additional sections of this document may also be affected by these 1 comments and require further modifications: t k "STOCKTON...CALIFORNIA'S SUNRISE SEAPORT"